Early Down Improvement Key In New England's Win

[PatsFans.com Article]

Early Down Improvement Key In New England's Win

Ian Logue

One of the things the Patriots likely spent some time looking at leading up to their game against the Saints on Sunday likely centered around their early down issues they suffered against Kansas City, which put them in some tough situations in last week's

Continue reading...

(If you enjoyed this entry - hit the Thumbs Up/If not, hit the Thumbs down in this thread)

 

[jmt57]

Most national sites only offer third down stats, but winning goes way beyond that one play. Productive first downs resulted in third down conversions in week two. The reverse was in effect in week one.

The stats from the second and third paragraphs speak volumes between the Patriot offense in week one and week two.